this report should have been up on 3/24/2006. i was late.
utilities for safeguarding your computing environment the speaker introduced 5 sections of security ware at lost cost. the sections included antivirus software, firewalls, spyware detection and removal, anti-trojans and rootkit removers, and other useful utilities. security ware mentioned in this session would fit for mid to small size libraries. with the collection of the security ware, we can propose a series of information session on security ware for our members.
SEs vs libraries
SE=search engine. gary price from ask.com talked about how search engines, like ask.com, of course, should be used by libraries and librarians. nothing impressive except that the search result from ask.com presents a well-designed link categories.
open source software for libraries
Glen Horton from gclc threw out a couple of slides on different types of open source (translate: free) software that can be used by libraries. The categories include digital collection (i'm surprised), ils, web content filtering/caching, wifi hotspot authentication, and thin client solutions.
another group from miami university libraries from oxford, ohio, reported on a new library system that categorizes the resources by course. this new resource index became popular among students, while faculty seem to be more inclined to resources by subject.
the web 2.0 challenge to libraries
one of the best sessions of the conference. the speaker, paul miller, from talis, talked about how we should push libraries everywhere, make libraries seeable, and how we should disaggregate library systems to build on our own needs, not what vendors impose on us.
virtual reference, im chat, and beyond
nothing innovative of this session.
something i noticed: a lot of vendors/publishers have people with british accent give presentations. does that add more value to the product? well...that's at least the underline message. hehe.
Friday, March 31, 2006
Thursday, March 30, 2006
i'm back from the trip
atlanta is fine, but just cannot be bothered with this life anymore. it's just too much to handle. unnecessarily unhealthy.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
an unavoidable day -- cil 2006 day 2
for a 3-day conference, sessions on the 2nd day are usually the lamest. cil 2006 presents no exception.
planning for a handheld mobile future
i was checking out carol's blueberry yesterday and we both laughed at its extremely slow response in browsing the web. then there was this session advocating mobile devices usage in library environment. e-books' comeback kicks off another round of development in super-reflective screens, e.g. microsoft's new ultra-mobile pc with a 7-inch display, usb ports, wi-fi capability, and a touch pad interface. glad to hear that some database providers, like lexisnexis,westlaw,pubmed, have developed interfaces for mobile devices. but it all makes sense that many of them are in the medical and legal areas. this echoes the findings that people use handheld device to seek for answers instead of searching or browsing.
yes, new gadgets certainly show a lot of exciting opportunities for libraries to bring on, but sometimes i just couldn't help feeling that the format outbeats the content in this field. hope time will prove that i am wrong.
exploiting the value of structured metadata
lorcan dempsey from oclc explored the value of structured metadata through 4 layers, flat application, rich interaction, data is the new functionality, and participation. a numeric scale was used to measure the audience level for individual book titles (though i wasn't sure what it was for). on the scale, the higher the score, the more likely the book was to be found in the research library; and then the academic library, and then the public library, and the lowest score corresponds to the school library.
things to add on my check-out list: livesearch, ajax, finctionfinder
vendor visit
eos luncheon
another library automation system. unfortunately i'm not all that familiar with products in this field to enable me to make any comparison of the product.
new library, new technologies, new services
it's actually not the "web 2.0" new; but all the challenges and solutions talked during the session are just indeed down-to-the-earth. so too little surprise, but a good session to reinforce some established understandings.
digital preservation & the open web
a disappointing session. nothing new about digitization, but not even clear clue of the presentation. no mention about the notion of "open web", let alone how digital preservation was related to it.
taxonomy tales
this was the second half of a consecutive session, so it was all broken to me.
tomorrow is another day.
planning for a handheld mobile future
i was checking out carol's blueberry yesterday and we both laughed at its extremely slow response in browsing the web. then there was this session advocating mobile devices usage in library environment. e-books' comeback kicks off another round of development in super-reflective screens, e.g. microsoft's new ultra-mobile pc with a 7-inch display, usb ports, wi-fi capability, and a touch pad interface. glad to hear that some database providers, like lexisnexis,westlaw,pubmed, have developed interfaces for mobile devices. but it all makes sense that many of them are in the medical and legal areas. this echoes the findings that people use handheld device to seek for answers instead of searching or browsing.
yes, new gadgets certainly show a lot of exciting opportunities for libraries to bring on, but sometimes i just couldn't help feeling that the format outbeats the content in this field. hope time will prove that i am wrong.
exploiting the value of structured metadata
lorcan dempsey from oclc explored the value of structured metadata through 4 layers, flat application, rich interaction, data is the new functionality, and participation. a numeric scale was used to measure the audience level for individual book titles (though i wasn't sure what it was for). on the scale, the higher the score, the more likely the book was to be found in the research library; and then the academic library, and then the public library, and the lowest score corresponds to the school library.
things to add on my check-out list: livesearch, ajax, finctionfinder
vendor visit
eos luncheon
another library automation system. unfortunately i'm not all that familiar with products in this field to enable me to make any comparison of the product.
new library, new technologies, new services
it's actually not the "web 2.0" new; but all the challenges and solutions talked during the session are just indeed down-to-the-earth. so too little surprise, but a good session to reinforce some established understandings.
digital preservation & the open web
a disappointing session. nothing new about digitization, but not even clear clue of the presentation. no mention about the notion of "open web", let alone how digital preservation was related to it.
taxonomy tales
this was the second half of a consecutive session, so it was all broken to me.
tomorrow is another day.
2.0 vs. 1.0 -- cil 2006 day 1
i am right now at computers in libraries 2006 conference in dc.
there is probably no need for me to post about the conference on my one-woman-show blog because everything i have to talk about has already been covered by professional bloggers, writing exclusively for infotoday, and more. but i'm still writing in compliment of the great work of the conference organizors.
search engine report
-- gotta check out the new ask.com site. the google style interface is acceptable. how about the content?
-- google is more than a search engine. it is an advertising company, an ms killer, and a lot yet to come.
-- yahoo! still leads as a people mediated search via tagging and personalization. watch out yahoo! research and yahoo! mindset.
-- all those google projects, scholars, books, prints, which generated the wave of copyright issues. but check out the projects. these won't be simple cases, gordon ron parker v. google, perfect 10 v. google,etc., it's another revolution of society, or human history, and google and whatever it represents is going to win.
-- china and search. chris sherman, the speaker, was just back from his trip to china. some of his takes on china and search is kinda interesting to me, for instance, chinese people feel that they need censorship and filtering when they browse on the web. really want to know how he came to that conclusion. not that i don't believe what he said; as a matter of fact, i sort of understand. people in china probably want censorship over flg related reports because we are annoyed by the so-called lunzi; but people in china may not object censorship on 1989 event because we are afraid to know the truth. anyway, the speaker seems to be very positive in the search market in china, like everybody else, except for the bush government.
wikis in action
binghamton university library applies wiki technology on their staff intranet. unfortunately, i'm still not convinced of wiki's big role in the library community, or in any qulity content environment. you see, again, some degree of cencorship is not a bad thing.
vendor visit--info confidential
keeping one click ahead
a lot of tools to track the development of search engine are presented. i'm not listing the sites mentioned because they will also be available at infotoday site fairly soon (i will link the link asap), and part of the presentation is already up at http://www.resourceshelf.com/currentcil06.html. i'm certainly glad to see some warning about quality content vs. chitchat, e.g. blogs, which will put me into the old-fashion group, which i don't care.
federated search engines: lessons learned
this session is ahead before me. three groups of speakers from northwestern university, university of pittsburgh, and university of central florida gave advice on detailed issues when implementing federated search engines and user behavior observation, e.g. making it as simple as google; monitoring usage stats, esp. turnaways; on-going marketing efforts; implementing formal evaluation process; using consortium model to save trouble in hardware and coding efforts, but giving up some degree of management features in return; setting up deadlines for the project; forming focus group to receive feed backs, etc. etc. etc.
(god, i'm sleepy...it's 11:55pm)
searching the new digital formats
the presentation was on blog search and podcast search. the first speaker was a bit too fast in going over her resource list. the podcase search presented a better structure, and i'm glad to receive a full list of resources to check out. at least, i feel oriented.
creative visibility: toolbars and game nights
uncg's library set up an example of integrating library's resources and services into the firefox toolbar and made library more visible throughout users' browsing. there is limitation of the program, of course, for instance, the function is limited to firefox browser only, but it is a neat and handy tool to add on as it does not hurt in any observable sense yet.
wake forest library introduced a game night to bring students into the library. this could open our eyes on a series of activities that libraries can host to publicize among young users.
vendor visit--info confidential
digi techforum: looking at dead (library 1.0) & emerging (library 2.0) technologies
omg! the comedy show of the year! i bet that tons of blogs will record this fantastic show, so i'm not repeating here. some notes for me to check out: google office, the writely; tracking your package in a 2.0 way; make library site a good destination, not necessarily a starting portal--em, i said that years ago, hehe; myspace.com(well, according to the speaker, i'm so out of it as i still do not have a mysapce account. but this is a community action. so what can we do in chinese online community? i've learned my lesson: i'm blogging on blogger while all my fellows blog on msn. i'm so out of loop. not again this time with myspace, i hope.); facebook (fewer hands up in the room in user counting); pandora (even fewer).
well...i'm blogging, e-mailing, msning, google talking, phone chatting, and eating leftovers when i am writing down this post...so if i'm not yet 2.0, i'm at least in between 1.0 and 2.0. and....good...bedtime!
there is probably no need for me to post about the conference on my one-woman-show blog because everything i have to talk about has already been covered by professional bloggers, writing exclusively for infotoday, and more. but i'm still writing in compliment of the great work of the conference organizors.
search engine report
-- gotta check out the new ask.com site. the google style interface is acceptable. how about the content?
-- google is more than a search engine. it is an advertising company, an ms killer, and a lot yet to come.
-- yahoo! still leads as a people mediated search via tagging and personalization. watch out yahoo! research and yahoo! mindset.
-- all those google projects, scholars, books, prints, which generated the wave of copyright issues. but check out the projects. these won't be simple cases, gordon ron parker v. google, perfect 10 v. google,etc., it's another revolution of society, or human history, and google and whatever it represents is going to win.
-- china and search. chris sherman, the speaker, was just back from his trip to china. some of his takes on china and search is kinda interesting to me, for instance, chinese people feel that they need censorship and filtering when they browse on the web. really want to know how he came to that conclusion. not that i don't believe what he said; as a matter of fact, i sort of understand. people in china probably want censorship over flg related reports because we are annoyed by the so-called lunzi; but people in china may not object censorship on 1989 event because we are afraid to know the truth. anyway, the speaker seems to be very positive in the search market in china, like everybody else, except for the bush government.
wikis in action
binghamton university library applies wiki technology on their staff intranet. unfortunately, i'm still not convinced of wiki's big role in the library community, or in any qulity content environment. you see, again, some degree of cencorship is not a bad thing.
vendor visit--info confidential
keeping one click ahead
a lot of tools to track the development of search engine are presented. i'm not listing the sites mentioned because they will also be available at infotoday site fairly soon (i will link the link asap), and part of the presentation is already up at http://www.resourceshelf.com/currentcil06.html. i'm certainly glad to see some warning about quality content vs. chitchat, e.g. blogs, which will put me into the old-fashion group, which i don't care.
federated search engines: lessons learned
this session is ahead before me. three groups of speakers from northwestern university, university of pittsburgh, and university of central florida gave advice on detailed issues when implementing federated search engines and user behavior observation, e.g. making it as simple as google; monitoring usage stats, esp. turnaways; on-going marketing efforts; implementing formal evaluation process; using consortium model to save trouble in hardware and coding efforts, but giving up some degree of management features in return; setting up deadlines for the project; forming focus group to receive feed backs, etc. etc. etc.
(god, i'm sleepy...it's 11:55pm)
searching the new digital formats
the presentation was on blog search and podcast search. the first speaker was a bit too fast in going over her resource list. the podcase search presented a better structure, and i'm glad to receive a full list of resources to check out. at least, i feel oriented.
creative visibility: toolbars and game nights
uncg's library set up an example of integrating library's resources and services into the firefox toolbar and made library more visible throughout users' browsing. there is limitation of the program, of course, for instance, the function is limited to firefox browser only, but it is a neat and handy tool to add on as it does not hurt in any observable sense yet.
wake forest library introduced a game night to bring students into the library. this could open our eyes on a series of activities that libraries can host to publicize among young users.
vendor visit--info confidential
digi techforum: looking at dead (library 1.0) & emerging (library 2.0) technologies
omg! the comedy show of the year! i bet that tons of blogs will record this fantastic show, so i'm not repeating here. some notes for me to check out: google office, the writely; tracking your package in a 2.0 way; make library site a good destination, not necessarily a starting portal--em, i said that years ago, hehe; myspace.com(well, according to the speaker, i'm so out of it as i still do not have a mysapce account. but this is a community action. so what can we do in chinese online community? i've learned my lesson: i'm blogging on blogger while all my fellows blog on msn. i'm so out of loop. not again this time with myspace, i hope.); facebook (fewer hands up in the room in user counting); pandora (even fewer).
well...i'm blogging, e-mailing, msning, google talking, phone chatting, and eating leftovers when i am writing down this post...so if i'm not yet 2.0, i'm at least in between 1.0 and 2.0. and....good...bedtime!
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
城市间
至今，新工作的出差机会都只是让我故地重游，而且都让我对故地有点失望。也许毕竟是在工作状态，人比较紧张的缘故。但也许是因为，25岁时眼中的世界是永远不能再重温了。
现在人在DC，住在一家叫carlyle的旅店，离dupon circle很近。不大的suite列着几件modern style的家俱。可是墙脚，门窗和地毯都透着破劲。旧不怕，就怕破。很像在这样的城市里的生活，光鲜的外表盖着拮据的里料。生活在这样的反差中，会让人始终处于一种不满足的状态，会exciting，也会挺累。巴尔地摩是这样，纽约更甚。忍不住想念亚特兰大了，就是挺舒服。
南方就这样一点一点渗了进来。
现在人在DC，住在一家叫carlyle的旅店，离dupon circle很近。不大的suite列着几件modern style的家俱。可是墙脚，门窗和地毯都透着破劲。旧不怕，就怕破。很像在这样的城市里的生活，光鲜的外表盖着拮据的里料。生活在这样的反差中，会让人始终处于一种不满足的状态，会exciting，也会挺累。巴尔地摩是这样，纽约更甚。忍不住想念亚特兰大了，就是挺舒服。
南方就这样一点一点渗了进来。
Saturday, March 11, 2006
说点最近的自己
好像没在这里揭露过这么physical的自己，跟网上大家的奔来奔去有一拼了。我也来念念女人经。
买了一个漂亮的水杯，带了一加仑水来办公室，很高兴地发现自己还是很能喝水的，只是这种装饰工作要做足，希望对我的皮肤有好处。前两天在网上买的几见clarins的护肤品昨天也到了，主要有美白和防皱的。因为看网上介绍的经验，clarins的美白产品有去斑功效，正好也是我用的牌子，所以要试试。另外，前几个礼拜，发现自己嘴角有了一条小细纹，知道是到了防皱的时候了。再加一个晒后修复，因为觉得防晒用品一般沃尔玛的就可以了，但修复产品还是要用好的。
还有就是，买了一些化妆品，因为觉得自己已经到了不能再素面朝天的年龄了。不过每天上班是不化的，早上起不来，还是睡眠更重要；晚上或周末出门才化一点，当然是淡的。其实前几年也有一阵一阵试化妆，但对选到的粉底和眼影都不满意，所以都很快不了了之了。这次突然开了窍，一下选对了眼影的色系，原来亚洲女生，特别是皮肤不白和单眼皮的，不能用任何红色或深色系列，而浅紫浅蓝什么的都很适合。又稍微钻研了一下单眼皮的化法，知道颜色主要上在上眼皮中部以后。而针对自己瞳孔小，下眼线是不能画线的，但可以加眼影，就很活泼了。至于粉底液，也不知怎么的，突然找到一款特别适合的，不论是从颜色，质地，或效果来说，所以很高兴。化点淡妆，人精致一些，看镜子里的自己，心情也好很多。
好像很多事情都是这样，就是一个水到渠成，该来的时候才会来，之前怎么强求都没用。一个老朋友的聊天时对我说过，要有耐心。
买了一个漂亮的水杯，带了一加仑水来办公室，很高兴地发现自己还是很能喝水的，只是这种装饰工作要做足，希望对我的皮肤有好处。前两天在网上买的几见clarins的护肤品昨天也到了，主要有美白和防皱的。因为看网上介绍的经验，clarins的美白产品有去斑功效，正好也是我用的牌子，所以要试试。另外，前几个礼拜，发现自己嘴角有了一条小细纹，知道是到了防皱的时候了。再加一个晒后修复，因为觉得防晒用品一般沃尔玛的就可以了，但修复产品还是要用好的。
还有就是，买了一些化妆品，因为觉得自己已经到了不能再素面朝天的年龄了。不过每天上班是不化的，早上起不来，还是睡眠更重要；晚上或周末出门才化一点，当然是淡的。其实前几年也有一阵一阵试化妆，但对选到的粉底和眼影都不满意，所以都很快不了了之了。这次突然开了窍，一下选对了眼影的色系，原来亚洲女生，特别是皮肤不白和单眼皮的，不能用任何红色或深色系列，而浅紫浅蓝什么的都很适合。又稍微钻研了一下单眼皮的化法，知道颜色主要上在上眼皮中部以后。而针对自己瞳孔小，下眼线是不能画线的，但可以加眼影，就很活泼了。至于粉底液，也不知怎么的，突然找到一款特别适合的，不论是从颜色，质地，或效果来说，所以很高兴。化点淡妆，人精致一些，看镜子里的自己，心情也好很多。
好像很多事情都是这样，就是一个水到渠成，该来的时候才会来，之前怎么强求都没用。一个老朋友的聊天时对我说过，要有耐心。
长不大
看庄羽的小说和听许巍的歌是一回事，文字和音乐并非才华横溢，可是对青葱岁月的唏嘘和感慨都无比真诚。真诚的东西总是最能打动我的，于是即使作品不尽如人意，仍能乐此不疲地追随他们，期望着从字里音间能重回唐朝。
可是，怀抱这一份期望，我们怎么长大？
可是，怀抱这一份期望，我们怎么长大？
Monday, March 06, 2006
一个八十年代的时刻
昨晚重温了一个八十年代的时刻，就是李安得奥斯卡最佳导演奖时，竟然literally振臂欢呼了一小嗓子，立即觉得自己回到女排拿n连冠那会儿，很久违。
然后想到与老爸一起看比赛的日子。其实也不懂什么，但凑热闹的习惯就是当年养成的。
然后想到，昨天是老爸的六十岁生日，按他的算法。依我说，明年再过吧。
然后想到与老爸一起看比赛的日子。其实也不懂什么，但凑热闹的习惯就是当年养成的。
然后想到，昨天是老爸的六十岁生日，按他的算法。依我说，明年再过吧。
Friday, March 03, 2006
HBR的审判
有这样一个现象，现代人寿命增长的同时，社会主体的年龄在日趋年轻；导致的结果就是，被视为过时，废物的群体不断增大。
HBR三月的一篇叫inside the mind of the chinese consumer的文章里宣称，"companies should forget what they've learned about china' generation x -- people currently in their late twenties and thirties -- when marketing to the country's late teens and early twentysomethings, or generation y."
--就这么着，俺被扫进了历史的垃圾堆。有点太冤了。
HBR三月的一篇叫inside the mind of the chinese consumer的文章里宣称，"companies should forget what they've learned about china' generation x -- people currently in their late twenties and thirties -- when marketing to the country's late teens and early twentysomethings, or generation y."
--就这么着，俺被扫进了历史的垃圾堆。有点太冤了。
